2 Samuel 13:10

And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Amnon	אַמְנ֜וֹן 'am.Non	H550	Amnon (or Aminon) · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Tamar	תָּמָ֗ר ta.Mar	H8559	Tamar · proper noun, a woman's name
Bring	הָבִ֤יאִי ha.Vi.'i	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
meat	הַבִּרְיָה֙ ha.bir.Yah	H1279	food · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
chamber	הַחֶ֔דֶר ha.che.Der	H2315	an apartment (usually literal) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
eat	וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה ve.'ev.Reh	H1262	to select · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common singular
hand	מִיָּדֵ֑ךְ mi.ya.Dekh	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
Tamar	תָּמָ֗ר ta.Mar	H8559	Tamar · proper noun, a woman's name
took	וַתִּקַּ֣ח va.ti.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
cakes	הַלְּבִבוֹת֙ ha.le.vi.Vot	H3834	a cake (either as fried or turned) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
made	עָשָׂ֔תָה 'a.Sa.tah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
brought	וַתָּבֵ֛א va.ta.Ve'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
chamber	הֶחָֽדְרָה he.Cha.de.rah	H2315	an apartment (usually literal) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix
Amnon	לְאַמְנ֥וֹן le.'am.Non	H550	Amnon (or Aminon) · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
brother	אָחִ֖יהָ 'a.Chi.ha	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

We have here a particular account of the abominable wickedness of Amnon in ravishing his sister, a subject not fit to be enlarged upon nor indeed to be mentioned without blushing, that ever any man should be so vile, especially that a son of David should be so. Amnon's character, we have reason to think, was bad in other things; if he had not forsaken God, he would never have been given up to these vile affections. Godly parents have often been afflicted with wicked children; grace does not run in the blood, but corruption does. We do not find that David's children imitated him in his devotion; but his false steps they trod in, and in those did much worse, and repented not. Parents know not…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:6

HE DEFILES HER. (2Sa. 13:6-27) Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish. let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humored, that the king promised to send her. The cakes seem to have been a kind of fancy bread, in the preparation of which Oriental ladies take great delight. Tamar, flattered by the invitation, lost no time in rendering the required service in the house of her sick brother.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:3

Jonadab was a very subtle man - And most diabolic advice did he give to his cousin. We talk of the simplicity and excellence of primitive times! "Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these." Take them altogether, we may thank God that they are past, and pray him that they may never return.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:10

And Amnon said unto Tamar, bring the meat into the chamber,.... An inner chamber, at a greater distance, where they might be more secret, and out of the reach of the hearing of any of his domestics: that I may eat of thine hand; this he pretended, though his design was of another kind: and Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother; being quite innocent herself, and having no suspicion of a brother having any ill design upon her, she made no scruple of going into an inner chamber alone with him.

Dictionary and topics

Amnon — Faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; comp. 17). (2.) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Tamar — Palm. (1.) A place mentioned by Ezekiel (47:19; 48:28), on the southeastern border of Palestine. Some suppose this was “Tadmor” (q.v.). (2.) The daughter-in-law of Judah, to whose eldest son, Er, she…
Deception · .Amnon — .Amnon
Lasciviousness · .Amnon — .Amnon
Rape · of Absalom, Tamar’ s brother — of Absalom, Tamar’ s brother
Seduction · .Of Tamar — .Of Tamar
Tamar · 2. Daughter of David — 2. Daughter of David

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 13:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:3

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:10

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 13:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 13:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 13:3

John Gill on 2 Samuel 13:10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 13:1-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 13:4

Rashi on 2 Samuel 13:9